Single strong personality needed, whoever it is.
Sutter had the autonomy, and a stand up guy who the upper management laid off of until the fallout Phaneuf deal that next offseason...its been watered down since, and now its Feaster in there who is a puppet of King and Edwards and he's fine with that.
The person has to take no crap from anyone, however King defines meddling. For the big money deals, yes, the owners need to be on side and informed.
Day to day, as it was under Sutter, they need to lay off...and the new GM/President /Director of Hockey operations whatever title you give him, has to stand on his own.
This is the offseason to make that change...get the stink that this GM and now this coaching staff has around the league. The "best coach" and "best goalies not in the NHL" doesn't fly with those in NHL hockey circles, along with all the other lawyer speak Feaster has engaged in to placate the fans. He's certainly not the only problem, it also means a step back from King and Edwards in how they've become involved.
I believe, at least in Edwards case, that he will, for a single, well respected, strong personality to come in and get this ship back on course, as it is the most vital thing to prevent things like tonight from happening again in the next decade...10 years ago Calgary lost 7-1 to Phoenix and 6-2 to Columbus at home in the course of 3 games that I attended, and didn't think it could get worse than that...tonight is pretty close..
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